OHL Condition Monitoring Engineer

We’re looking for a passionate OHL Condition Monitoring Engineer to join our Asset Operations Team.

The role leads the delivery of condition monitoring expertise across HV Overhead Line systems, ensuring that asset condition data, monitoring outputs, and insights support safe and resilient system operation, while providing technical leadership across a range of monitoring technologies and line management for Condition Monitoring Technicians. The postholder ensures the consistent quality of high-level visual condition information data, effective deployment of field resources, and robust analysis and assurance of monitoring outputs, while developing technician capability, driving continuous improvement in data quality, and ensuring monitoring activities are aligned with operational, safety, and asset management requirements.

This role is peripatetic, and we encourage a hybrid working approach, although we’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You'll Do

• Manage, support, and develop a team of Condition Monitoring Technicians, setting clear expectations for performance, behaviours, data quality, and compliance.
• Allocate, plan, and coordinate technician workload, ensuring monitoring tasks (HDCA, steelwork surveys, UAV tasks, and reporting) are delivered safely, accurately, and on time.
• Provide technical authority and guidance on OHL condition monitoring to ensure consistent interpretation of HDCA, steelwork, UAV and image‑based monitoring outputs.
• Assure and validate the quality of all technician‑generated data and reports, ensuring traceability, consistency, and engineering confidence.
• Ensure urgent overhead line defects identified by technicians are escalated and addressed promptly in line with appropriate procedures.
• Coordinate with National Grid’s UAV Unit, Helicopter Unit, and external representatives to ensure data flows, image quality, and platform performance remain effective.
• Identify opportunities to enhance technician processes, automate data flows, improve AI‑based interpretation, or standardise reporting to drive consistent quality.
• Support innovation trials, new technology adoption, and lessons learned activities to increase the value of asset insights.

What You'll Have

• Level 4 qualification or equivalent relevant industrial experience.
• Experience in condition monitoring and inspection techniques (HDCA, steelwork, UAV, thermal, LiDAR, sensor‑based, image‑based).
• Understanding of OHL assets, degradation mechanisms, and risk indicators.
• Skilled in interpreting complex monitoring datasets and validating multi‑source condition information.
• Leadership experience, particularly in developing technical staff at early career or technician level.
• Understanding of ET Operations Policy and transmission safety rules.
• Knowledge of ISO9001 and engineering governance requirements.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly, tailoring messages for technicians, engineers, and stakeholders.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Get

Up to £58,750 dependent on experience.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, Job Requirement Car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

Further Information

The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 26 May 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 1 June 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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